AFGHAN BORDER

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Saturday said security forces in the country and Afghanistan have agreed to carry out coordinated operations against terrorists along the Pak-Afghan border.
According to a report in Dawn, Aziz on Friday stated that the massacre...

Islamabad: The US on Tuesday agreed to step up efforts to provide defence equipment needed by Pakistan to maintain security along its border with wartorn Afghanistan and to continue discussions on the provision of military aid to Islamabad.
The decisions were made during the twoday meeting of the USPakistan Defence Consultative...

London: In an bizzare suggestion to crack down on terrorism, a former British Labour defence minister has suggested to drop a neutron bomb on the PakAfghan border for creating an impassible barrier between the two countries.
Speaking in the House of Lords, John Gilbert said Britain could use the radiation warheads...

Islamabad: Twelve proTaliban militants were killed and five security personnel injured in two separate incidents in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said.
Security forces killed 12 militants associated with a banned group during a clash in Kurram region near the Afghan border, officials said.
Several militants and two security personnel were injured...

Islamabad: Pakistani jet fighters killed 30 militants in remote, forested mountains on the Afghan border on Saturday, the military said, as US forces spearhead one of NATO's biggest offensives against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Pakistani security forces launched a major offensive against the al Qaedabacked Pakistani Taliban in their main bastion...

Islamabad: A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Pakistani security post on the border with Afghanistan on Thursday, killing himself and 17 others, a government official said.
The attack took place when members of tribal police known locally as the Khasadar Force gathered at the Torkham border checkpoint in the tribal...